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May 30, 1933. M MARBLE 1,911,703

" GARMENT HANGER Filed May 24, 1932 Patented May 30, 1933 LOUIS M. MARBLE; CANTON, PENNSYLVANIA earmnnr HANGER 7 Application filed M 24. 1932.; Serial No. 613,280.

This invention relates to garment hangers and it'comprises a garment hanger'provlded with a head, advantageously; having curved front and rearfaces, and-having'a flat hot tom surface,- andapair' of shoulder-bars each provided at itsuppe'r'extremity with a flat end complementary "to substantiallyjhalf of i the bottom surfaceof the head, and beingfirmly united thereto by glue, nails orthe like, whereby the shoulder bars meet in the sub- Stantial' center of thehead'and are-inclined. downwardly with respect thereto; "and it' further comprises ahead for garment hang ers so shaped that when joined to the shoul- 1 5 der bars described suchbars are forwardly as well' as' downwardly inclined with respect to the center of the head; all as more fully hereinafter set forth and as claimed.

In the present invention a hanger is pro- 2 vided in which the shoulder bars incline for-.

wardly and downwardly in their relation to the center of the hanger in order that garments hung on the hanger shall hang without wrinkling. The rear surface of the central portion of the hanger against which the garment rests is sloped or inclined in order to permit the neck or collar of the garment to hang in its natural position without breaking back or wrinkling.

This construction results in a hanger which permits of ease in assembly and economy of manufacture as well as the highly advantageous features above mentioned.

In the prior art attempts have been made to provide a hanger having forwardly inclining shoulder bars by making the hanger in two pieces and joining them at the center with some form of joint which permits the angled construction desired, but this construction either requires a very complicated and hence undesirable. joint or leaves the hanger structurally weak and hence not durable. Hangers have also been made which are constructed of metal, the shoulder bars being separately constructed and joined to a head adapted to give the correct inclination to the shoulder bars, but such hangers have been found undesirable because of their high cost of construction and inflexibility of W design.

According to my invention the hanger; is made 1n three pieces, namely; a center or head and two shoulder bars, thehead being ma chined to form a forward angle andthe shoulder bars being connected to the head on its bottom surface in sucha manner that they are given a forward as well as downward in-" clination. This construction affords an en} tirelynew methodof producing angled'relationship between theshoulder bars andlthe center ofthe hanger in which the joints sins-a es wellas strong and durable, Several embodiments of my invention are shownin the accompanying drawing where- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred form of hanger having two bent arms joined to'an angleclhead;

"Fig.2 is aplan View ofthe sa'mej Fig. '3 is a central vertical'section taken through the line -3 ofFig. 2; I

*Figze isaplan view of a slightly modified. formof hanger in which the shoulder bars ares'tiaiglit and the angle in the head is less extreme thanbefore, the shoulder bars however being attachedto the head ina manner similar to that shown i'n'Fig. 1; 1

' Fig. 5 is a further modification showing a hanger having straight shoulder bars and a veryslightangle in the-head; V

' Figfi'isa detailed sectional view showing the method of fastening the shoulder bars to the under-surfacefof thehead; and

Fig; is aperspective view of a head ma chined to formfan angled-joint surface for" the shoulder barsshowing its contour-and flat bottom surface. j I

flnfthie drawing in which like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, element l is a wooden head'or center comprising the'centralportion ofahanger. The head 1 has a rounded top surface and front andrear surface s'which are advantageously machined to provide an obtuse forward angle resulting the back of the head 1 being rounded orconvexand the front being slightly concave. The head has a smooth bottom surface 2 to which is attached a pair of shoulder bars 3 and 4 each provided at its upper extremity .0. i a to a marked extent,isupporting the garment the [angle in the head and bars. inclinationoftheshoulder bars with respect serving as a hanger fortrousers;orlike'ape;

parel is fitted at each end into suitable re cesses in the shoulder bars and is heldinplace by means of small nails 9. A wire hanging hook 10 terminating at" its bottom entremity ins head '11 extends vertically throughthe central. portionof the head, as 311 mm Fig; 6. In thepreferred form of hangershown, inFigs. 1,,2 and3 the head is V machined to give an extreme forward angle.

and! the shoulder bars' are alsoconsiderably bent; ,When attached to the head the shoulder bars. are given an extreme forward angle" with, respect to the-center of the head due to The forward 7 to the center of the head has the result that when garments are hung. on the hanger and the hangerfhung up by thehook theweight of the garment mal'res the hanger tilt forward in itsmostnat'ural positionat. the collar and the back,' and preventing to. the maximum degree the breaking back or wrinkling of' the xgarme'ntion, the hanger. The position which the'hanger assumes when-thus weight,

edby a, garment" is: shown in Fig, 31 The head of the, hanger may be, sloped on its rear face to assist in the hanging of thegarment on the hanger, without'afi'ecting the smooth joints between the shoulder bars. and the head, as further shown-inFig, 3. g

y In the modification shown-in Fig, lethe use of straight'shoulder bars. and thelesser angle: in the head brings about the result that when therhanger is hung by thehookthe-head'i'n- Y clines forwardly but to a less extentitlian in: theform shown in Fig. I V

Fig-.5 the head of'the hanger'has a. very slight forward angle which results in aicor respondingly smaller forward inclination .of the head'when hung from thehook. v l

By thearrangement of theparts described; Ihave provided 'meansby which any one. of

number of known designs of garment hang.

er may be inexpensively constructed by mere-v ly varying the angle in the head to the degree desired while maintaining the essential features of strength and simplicityof construe- {to tion.

The armsvof a hanger made in: accordance" having a flat bottom surface, hanging means carried by said head and two shoulder bars each provided at its upper extremity with an angled fiat surface complementary to a portion of said fiat bottom surface of the head and securely attached thereto whereby the shoulder bars. are given a downward inclination with respect-to thehezuis 2 A garment hanger comprising a curved head' provided with a concave front face, a convex; near fZwe and aLflat curved bottom surface, two shoulder barseach provided atits upperextremity with an angled flatsurface complementary toa portion of said flat bottom surface of the head "and securely attached thereto, whereby the shoulder; bars are giivpn a forward as well as; downward i-nelinat'ron with respieettos the headf and, hanging means.

carried. said-head, V

3... A. garment hanger according to. claim 2,, in which: the convex rear face of the: hewd is forwardly inclined; to assi st-inthe prevenri tionr of wninkling at, the collar of, garmentshungthereong, s s n 4 garment hanger; aeeording to claim-2r in whiehthe shoulder bars are eaehi forward lIy, curved-to. assist. in thegprevention of wrinlrzling of garment srl-iun lthereons In; testimony whereof 4 .Y hw,vehereunto, aifiixedmyrsignaturea V i a l i vL fiM-QMA BLE? with my invention may be either straight orebent as desired.

What-I claim is:.

6 11A garment hangercomprising a head; 

